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Subject: Christmas |
Bible Note: Greetings Aixen7z4! While I appreciate the sentiment, I'm not sure that you really agree with me 100 percent! :-) Look at the words you use to describe my decision to celebrate Christmas. Words like 'justify'! Words like 'stuck with'! Words like 'slavery'! I don't believe I have to 'justify' celebrating Christmas because I am not violating any command of Scripture in doing so. I don't believe I am 'stuck with' anything. I choose to celebrate my Savior's birth. I don't believe that I am a slave to anything or anyone. Your post, while cordial, is an example of what I was saying before. You make it sound as though choosing not to celebrate Christmas is more spiritual and more Scriptural than choosing to celebrate it. Finally, you wrote: "Since we have so much freedom, why not use it in the area that God has suggested? Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works. Let's see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping out in times of need." This seems to imply that if I celebrate Christmas I am not doing these things. :-) If there were a Scriptural reason not to celebrate Christmas, I would not do so. But, since no one has yet been able to provide a single Scriptural reason not to celebrate Christmas, I will continue to do so. Your Brother in Christ, Tim Moran |